Estella (Goodson) Wilson (1918 - 2006)

Born 12 Jan 1918 in Jackson Co. Texas

Ancestors

Wife of James Fort Wilson — married 1 Jan 1941 in McLennan Co. Texas

Died 11 Mar 2006 at age 88 in Colorado Co. Texas

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Estella “Tedda” Wilson, 88, of Columbus, passed away March 11 at River Oaks Health Care Center in Columbus.

She was born in Edna, Jan. 12, 1918 to John Goodson Jr. and Myrtle (Cox) Good-son. In 1920 her father died and in 1925 her mother married William Marshall Hill.

This new family, including a younger sister, Lois, moved to Columbus where Estella lived until graduation from high school in 1936. After graduation she moved to Waco, where she worked in a lingerie factory. Here she gained the skills, which would define her life-long career.

Estella married James Fort Wilson, of Dallas, on Jan. 1, 1941 in Waco. Their life together was interrupted by the war, but in 1946 they relocated to Dallas where their two daughters were born. In 1948 they moved to Arlington to start a children's clothing factory named “Tedda's Togs.”

In 1953 family and factory and assorted pets moved again to Winnsboro where they remained for almost four decades.

After her husband's death in 1981, Estella continued to live and operate Wilson Manufacturing Company in Winnsboro until the early 1990s. She then returned to Columbus and lived there until her death.

She was preceded in death by her parents; step-father; husband; and sister, Lois Bahner.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Tess and Gary Swindle and Nancy and Irving Humphrey; sisters and brothers-in-law, Betty and Buddy Seifert, Ruth and Bill Ferguson and Sonny Bahner; granddaughters, Carla and husband David Wiggs, Diana Swindle and Paula Swindle; and step-granddaughters, Laurel Humphrey and Heather Humphrey Rush.

A memorial service is scheduled for Estella Wilson on Sunday, March 26 at the First United Methodist Church in Columbus beginning at 3 p.m. [Interment in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery]

In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the Hospice Brazos Valley Hospice Brenham. Colorado County Citizen, March 22, 2006

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